If it&#39;s any consolation, I think some people are currently working on a &quot;how stuff works&quot; and &quot;why stuff is the way it is&quot; guide for new people to learn about Noisebridge.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

Along those same lines, having the meeting every week kinda undermines<br>
its significance. Attendance is random, the agenda is very sparse, and<br>
usually there&#39;s at least a few heckles of &quot;can we just skip the meeting?&quot;<br>
<br>
Maybe the bylaws (or whatever) could be amended to have the meeting<br>
twice a month or even just once a month?<br>
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Patrick<br>
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On 1/7/2011 12:11 PM, Noisebridge Treasurer wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; Damn, you&#39;re on to my nefarious plot to overwhelm the negative interpersonal<br>
&gt;&gt; politics of Noisebridge with actual hacking and positive, supportive<br>
&gt;&gt; conversations! Meddling kids!<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; While I of course totally support your agenda, could you maybe do it<br>
&gt; in another timeslot? Some of us are required to attend the meeting for<br>
&gt; treasury reasons and like to get back to our homes in the east bay at<br>
&gt; a reasonable hour because we work full time and really need to stop<br>
&gt; showing up at noon and having to stay till 8pm and oh gee, lookit the<br>
&gt; time. I need to go to work.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Maybe we should have the membership meeting at 7 and have<br>
&gt; awesomefuntimes afterwards?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; -K<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:57, Josh Myer&lt;<a href="mailto:josh@joshisanerd.com">josh@joshisanerd.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Danny O&#39;Brien&lt;<a href="mailto:danny@spesh.com">danny@spesh.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Meeting Notes 2011 01 04<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Agenda<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; The 142nd Meeting of Noisebridge<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Note-taker: Danny O&#39;Brien<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Moderator: Danny O&#39;Brien<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; It was a total nightmare. First of all, Josh organised this whole &quot;Show<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; and Tell&quot; (Tuesdays, 7.30) thing right before, so instead of limbering up<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; for proper consensus and correct producedure, everyone sat around looking at<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Mike&#39;s ingenious elevator light LED hack and how he planned it, and a new<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; kind of logic analyser that&#39;s basically just six wires and a USB connector,<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; and some routers(?). Then they all discussed the hacks they were working on,<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; and some ideas they were mulling, and sought out advice and shared knowledge<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; with their peers.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; This was all apparently so &quot;interesting&quot; that by the time anyone wanted to<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; stop, it was 8.20 already so basically we&#39;d already screwed up the whole<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; rules and procedures of the meeting. Nice job, Josh. Real smooth.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Damn, you&#39;re on to my nefarious plot to overwhelm the negative interpersonal<br>
&gt;&gt; politics of Noisebridge with actual hacking and positive, supportive<br>
&gt;&gt; conversations! Meddling kids!<br>
&gt;&gt; Oh well. I might as well go bigger next week, and say that we&#39;ll be in the<br>
&gt;&gt; couch area, with the projector available for software demos or people&#39;s<br>
&gt;&gt; YouTube/Vimeo documentation of the projects they&#39;ve been hacking at.<br>
&gt;&gt; Seriously, though, Show-and-Tell was a really low-key event this week, and<br>
&gt;&gt; it was still pretty awesome. Next week should be even better, since I&#39;m<br>
&gt;&gt; going to actually announce it properly and then remind people about it.<br>
&gt;&gt; --<br>
&gt;&gt; Josh Myer 415.230.9791&lt;-- NOTE: New number!<br>
&gt;&gt; <a href="mailto:josh@joshisanerd.com">josh@joshisanerd.com</a><br>
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